This page gives last collection times for post from many postboxes in Cambridge, and also details of various other locations of interest.
This section lists last collection times for post from various postboxes in Cambridge. The list is intended to be comprehensive, but many more entries are required. The contents are as described in the introduction to this section. List entries are sorted by the second, purely numerical, part of the letter box number - these are unique for the Cambridge city area. For places around Cambridge but outside the city, see the East Anglia list. Any corrections, updates and additions are welcome - see my contact details.
For quick reference, the last collection in Cambridge is from the Sorting Office at Clifton Road (letter box no. 197), with another late collection from Great Court, Grafton Centre (letter box no. 153) and several other postboxes in the same area. Despite its position, the last collection from Cambridge Post Office (St. Andrew's Street) is considerably earlier than from other postboxes in the same area.
| Letter Box No. | Location | Mon - Fri | Sat | Last check | Source | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB2 1 | Hills Road / Hartington Grove corner | 18:45 | 12:15 | 12/04/09 | opposite Homerton College | |
| CB1 2 | Hills Road, near Cherry Hinton Road | 18:45 | 12:00 | 12/04/09 | outside former St. John's Post Office and Hills Road Sixth Form College | |
| CB2 3 | Brooklands Avenue, opposite Clarendon Road | 18:15 | 12:15 | 10/03/09 | ||
| CB2 5 | Trumpington Road, outside the Leys School | 18:15 | 12:00 | 10/03/09 | free-standing postbox in recess in fence | |
| CB2 6 | Panton Street / St. Antony's Walk corner | 18:45 | 12:00 | 20/02/09 | ||
| CB1 7 | King Street, outside the King Street Run | 18:45 | 13:00 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB2 8 | Sidney Street, outside Boots | 18:45 | 12:45 | 17/02/09 | ||
| CB2 9 | Sidney Street / Jesus Lane corner | 18:45 | 13:00 | 17/02/09 | set into wall | |
| CB2 10 | Trinity Street Post Office (opposite Trinity College entrance) | 18:30 | 12:45 | 17/02/09 | ||
| CB5 11 | Bridge Street / Thompson's Lane corner | 18:30 | 13:00 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB2 12 | Market Hill / St. Mary's Passage corner | 18:30 | 12:45 | 17/02/09 | separate, adjacent postboxes | |
| CB2 13 | ||||||
| CB5 14 | Jesus Lane (opposite Jesus College entrance) | 18:30 | 12:30 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB2 16 | Regent Street, opposite Downing College entrance | 18:45 | 12:00 | 20/02/09 | set into wall of former Regent Street Post Office | |
| CB2 17 | Hills Road / Glisson Road corner | 19:00 | 12:00 | 20/02/09 | near Hills Road Post Office | |
| CB1 18 | Hooper Street, near Kingston Street | 19:15 | 12:15 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB1 19 | Mill Road / Gwydir Street corner | 19:15 | 12:45 | 19/02/09 | built into brick pillar; near Petersfield Post Office | |
| CB1 20 | Mill Road, near Covent Garden corner | 19:00 | 12:00 | 20/02/09 | outside former Petersfield Post Office | |
| CB1 21 | Glisson Road / Gresham Road corner | 17:30 | 13:00 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB1 22 | Tenison Road / Devonshire Road corner | 17:30 | 13:00 | 10/03/09 | ||
| CB1 23 | Cambridge railway station (on platform 1, by the entrance) | 17:30 | 13:00 | 06/03/09 | inside ticket gates | |
| CB1 25 | Perne Road / Brookfields corner (east end of Mill Road) | 18:00 | 12:00 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 26 | Vinery Road Post Office (Vinery Road / Vinery Way corner, near Coldham's Lane) | 19:00 | 12:00 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 27 | Mill Road, near Vinery Road | 17:00 | 12:15 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 28 | Romsey Town Post Office (Mill Road, opposite Thoday Street) | 18:30 | 12:00 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 29 | Vinery Road / Seymour Street corner (opposite Romsey Road) | 19:00 | 12:00 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 30 | Coldham's Lane / Brampton Road corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB1 31 | Sedgwick Street / Cromwell Road / Fairfax Road junction (by shops) | 17:30 | 12:15 | 16/01/07 | ||
| CB1 32 | Burleigh Street, near Adam & Eve Street | 18:30 | 12:00 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB5 33 | Newmarket Road Post Office (between Elizabeth Way and Coldham's Lane) | 18:00 | 12:00 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB5 34 | Riverside / Priory Road corner | 18:00 | 12:00 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB5 35 | Tesco supermarket foyer (off Newmarket Road) | 18:15 | 12:00 | 25/05/08 | inside store entrance | |
| CB1 36 | Silverwood Close / Coldham's Lane corner | 18:00 | 12:30 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB1 37 | Ainsworth Street / Sleaford Street corner | 18:00 | 12:30 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB1 38 | St. Matthew's Street / Norfolk Street corner | 18:00 | 12:45 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB1 39 | East Road / St. Matthew's Street corner | 19:00 | 13:15 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB1 40 | Newmarket Road / Christchurch Street corner | 18:30 | 12:30 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB5 41 | Maid's Causeway / Short Street corner (Four Lamps) | 18:30 | 13:00 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB1 42 | Fitzroy Street / New Square corner | 19:00 | 13:00 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB1 44 | Parkside, between Warkworth Terrace and Melbourne Place | 18:30 | 12:00 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB5 45 | Whitehill Road / Stanesfield Road corner | 18:15 | 12:15 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB5 46 | Ditton Walk / Newmarket Road corner | 18:15 | 12:00 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB5 48 | Dudley Road, opposite Egerton Road | 18:30 | 12:00 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB5 49 | Newmarket Road / Wadloes Road corner | 18:30 | 12:15 | 11/04/09 | at Barnwell Road junction | |
| CB5 50 | Fen Ditton: High Street, outside No. 15 | 18:30 | 12:00 | 11/04/09 | near the Ancient Shepherds pub | |
| CB5 51 | Fen Ditton: Wright's Close / Green End corner | 18:30 | 12:15 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB5 52 | Ditton Lane, opposite Dudley Road | 18:30 | 12:00 | 11/04/09 | outside shops, near Thorpe Way junction | |
| CB5 53 | Newmarket Road / Meadowlands Road corner | 18:45 | 12:00 | 11/04/09 | ||
| CB5 54 | Barnwell Road / path from Peverel Road | 18:45 | 12:30 | 11/04/09 | opposite Priory School | |
| CB1 63 | Cherry Hinton Road / Derby Road corner | 18:45 | 12:15 | 12/04/09 | ||
| CB1 67 | Coleridge Road / Hobart Road corner | 18:30 | 12:45 | 18/01/07 | ||
| CB1 68 | Rustat Road / Davy Road corner | 18:30 | 13:00 | 12/04/09 | ||
| CB1 69 | Blinco Grove, opposite Rock Road | 18:45 | 12:30 | 12/04/09 | ||
| CB1 83 | Clifton Road / Clifton Way corner | 19:00 | 12:45 | 12/04/09 | ||
| CB2 90 | Long Road / Gilmerton Court road entrance | 18:30 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | set back in hedge; near Trumpington Road | |
| CB2 91 | Trumpington: High Street / Alpha Terrace corner | 18:00 | 11:30 | 17/04/09 | set into side of bay window of 53 High Street | |
| CB2 92 | Trumpington: Anstey Way, outside Crossways Gardens | 18:00 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | near Trumpington Post Office | |
| CB2 93 | Trumpington: Foster Road, outside number 145 | 18:00 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | ||
| CB2 94 | Trumpington Road / Chaucer Road corner | 18:15 | 12:30 | 10/03/09 | ||
| CB2 95 | Newton Road / Bentley Road corner | 18:00 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | ||
| CB2 96 | Trumpington Road / Barrow Road corner | 18:00 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | ||
| CB2 97 | Rutherford Road internal T-junction / path from Barrow Road | 18:30 | 13:00 | 17/04/09 | built into brick pillar; off Long Road | |
| CB2 99 | Trumpington: Shelford Road, opposite Reed Close | 18:15 | 12:00 | 17/04/09 | built into brick pillar; near Total garage | |
| CB2 100 | Trumpington: Shelford Road / Exeter Close corner | 18:15 | 12:00 | 17/04/09 | ||
| CB2 101 | Trumpington: Grantchester Road / Campbell Lane corner | 18:30 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | built into brick pillar; opposite Trumpington parish church | |
| CB2 102 | Trumpington Street, near Lensfield Road | 18:45 | 12:30 | 10/03/09 | near Trumpington Street Post Office | |
| CB2 103 | Free School Lane, by the Old Cavendish Lab entrance | 17:30 | 12:00 | 20/02/09 | set into wall | |
| CB2 104 | King's Parade, by King's College entrance | 18:30 | 12:15 | 17/02/09 | ||
| CB2 105 | Trumpington Street, by Corpus Christi College entrance | 18:30 | 12:15 | 07/03/09 | ||
| CB2 106 | Trumpington Street / Pembroke Street corner | 18:30 | 12:30 | 07/03/09 | ||
| CB3 108 | Grantchester Meadows, opposite South Green Road | 17:30 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | set back into hedge | |
| CB3 109 | Millington Road right-angle corner | 17:30 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 110 | Grantchester Road / Fulbrooke Road corner | 17:45 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 111 | Gough Way / Barton Road corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 112 | Gough Way, north end of layby at western right-angle bend | 17:30 | 12:15 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 113 | Barton Road / Grange Road corner | 17:30 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 114 | Grange Road / Selwyn Gardens corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 08/03/09 | near Sidgwick Avenue | |
| CB3 115 | Cranmer Road, outside No. 11 (off Grange Road) | 17:45 | 12:15 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 116 | Newnham Walk, by Newnham College entrance | 17:30 | 13:00 | 08/03/09 | set into wall | |
| CB3 117 | Queens' Road / Sidgwick Avenue corner | 17:30 | 13:00 | 07/03/09 | set into wall | |
| CB3 118 | Queens' Lane, by Queens' College Old Gate | 18:30 | 12:00 | 07/03/09 | set into wall | |
| CB3 120 | Storey's Way, western right-angle bend | 17:30 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 121 | Grange Road / Madingley Road corner | 17:30 | 12:45 | 20/02/09 | ||
| CB3 122 | Lansdowne Road / Madingley Road corner | 17:30 | 12:30 | 08/03/09 | built into brick pillar, set back into hedge | |
| CB3 123 | Madingley Road / Institute of Astronomy eastern drive | 17:30 | 12:30 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 124 | Wilberforce Road, opposite Stacey Lane | 17:45 | 12:30 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 125 | Grange Road / Burrell's Walk corner | 17:30 | 12:45 | 20/02/09 | ||
| CB3 126 | West Road, opposite the University Library drive | 17:30 | 12:45 | 08/03/09 | next to CB3 194 | |
| CB3 127 | Huntingdon Road, opposite Sherlock Road (near Storey's Way) | 18:15 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 130 | Girton: Cambridge Road, opposite Sterndale Close | 18:30 | 12:15 | 02/10/04 | ||
| CB3 132 | Girton Road, opposite Pepys Lane | 18:30 | 12:15 | 12/06/04 | ||
| CB3 133 | Thornton Road / Girton Road corner | 18:30 | 12:30 | 12/06/04 | built into brick pillar | |
| CB3 134 | Huntingdon Road / Girton Road corner | 18:30 | 12:30 | 12/06/04 | ||
| CB3 135 | Thornton Way shops (near Thornton Road corner) | 18:30 | 12:30 | 02/10/04 | ||
| CB3 136 | Huntingdon Road / Howes Place corner | 17:30 | 12:30 | 12/06/04 | ||
| CB3 137 | Sherlock Road, opposite Sherlock Close | 18:15 | 12:45 | 08/03/09 | built into brick pillar, set back into hedge | |
| CB4 138 | Halifax Road / Richmond Road corner | 18:15 | 12:45 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB3 139 | Huntingdon Road / Histon Road corner | 19:00 | 12:45 | 27/02/09 | ||
| CB3 140 | Shelly Row / Albion Yard corner | 18:45 | 13:00 | 27/02/09 | ||
| CB3 141 | Northampton Street / Madingley Road corner | 18:45 | 13:00 | 14/03/09 | ||
| CB4 142 | Chesterton Road / Victoria Avenue corner (Mitcham's Corner) | 17:30 | 12:15 | 26/02/09 | outside former Chesterton Road Post Office | |
| CB4 143 | Chesterton Road / Carlyle Road corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 144 | Victoria Road / Victoria Park corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 145 | Histon Road / Windsor Road corner | 17:30 | 12:00 | 05/03/09 | near Histon Road Post Office | |
| CB4 146 | Carisbrooke Road, opposite Tavistock Road (southern end) | 17:30 | 12:15 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB4 147 | Histon Road, opposite Brownlow Road | 17:30 | 13:00 | 08/03/09 | by bus stop | |
| CB4 148 | Perse Way / Harris Road corner | 17:30 | 13:00 | 08/03/09 | ||
| CB4 149 | Gilbert Road / Courtney Way corner | 17:45 | 13:15 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 150 | Akeman Street / Stretten Avenue corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 151 | Histon Road / Bermuda Terrace corner | 18:30 | 12:00 | 05/03/09 | ||
| CB3 152 | Castle Street, beside the Castle Inn | 18:45 | 12:45 | 27/02/09 | set into wall | |
| CB1 153 | Great Court, Grafton Centre | 19:00 | 12:15 | 18/02/09 | ||
| CB4 154 | Chesterton Post Office (High Street, opposite Union Lane) | 18:15 | 12:00 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 155 | Green End Road / Kendal Way corner | 17:30 | 12:30 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 156 | Green End Road / Green Park corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 157 | King's Hedges Road Post Office (near Milton Road) | 17:30 | 12:00 | 16/03/09 | near the Golden Hind pub | |
| CB4 158 | Milton Road, opposite Woodhead Drive | 17:30 | 12:30 | 16/03/09 | ||
| CB4 159 | Milton Road, between Downham's Lane and Birch Close | 17:30 | 12:30 | 16/03/09 | near the Milton Arms pub | |
| CB4 160 | Edinburgh Road, near Kinross Road northern junction | 18:00 | 12:00 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 161 | Scotland Road / Dalton Square corner | 17:45 | 12:15 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 162 | Fen Road / Izaak Walton Way corner | 18:00 | 12:15 | 02/04/09 | built into brick pillar | |
| CB4 163 | Fairbairn Road / Cheney Way corner | 18:00 | 12:15 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 164 | Chesterton High Street, opposite Primary Court | 18:15 | 12:30 | 02/04/09 | outside Tesco Express | |
| CB4 165 | Chesterton Road / De Freville Avenue corner | 18:30 | 12:00 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 166 | Belvoir Road, opposite Aylestone Road | 18:30 | 12:00 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB4 167 | Pippin Drive / Nuffield Road corner | 17:30 | 12:15 | 02/04/09 | outside Nuffield Road Medical Centre | |
| CB4 168 | Arbury Road / Milton Road corner | 17:30 | 12:30 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 169 | Arbury Court, off Arbury Road (near post office) | 17:45 | 12:00 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 170 | Northfield Avenue, between Ennisdale Close and Roxburgh Road | 17:45 | 12:45 | 16/03/09 | ||
| CB4 172 | Crowland Way, near Campkin Road | 18:00 | 12:45 | 16/03/09 | ||
| CB4 173 | St. Kilda Avenue / Campkin Road corner | 18:00 | 12:45 | 16/03/09 | near the Jenny Wren pub | |
| CB4 174 | Hawkins Road, near south end of internal path | 18:00 | 12:45 | 16/03/09 | ||
| CB4 175 | Minerva Way / Northfield Avenue corner | 18:30 | 12:45 | 16/03/09 | ||
| CB4 176 | Buchan Street, outside shops (near King's Hedges Road) | 18:30 | 13:00 | 26/03/09 | ||
| CB4 177 | Albemarle Way / Arbury Road corner | 17:45 | 12:30 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 178 | Carlton Way / Alex Wood Road corner | 17:45 | 12:30 | 05/03/09 | ||
| CB4 179 | Verulam Way, opposite Somerset Close | 17:45 | 12:30 | 26/03/09 | ||
| CB4 180 | Orchard Avenue / Hurst Park Avenue corner | 17:45 | 12:45 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB4 181 | Milton Road / Highworth Avenue corner (opposite Elizabeth Way) | 17:45 | 12:45 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 182 | Milton Road / George Street corner | 18:30 | 12:45 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB1 183 | Asda supermarket foyer (Beehive Centre, off Coldham's Lane) | 17:45 | 12:15 | 19/02/09 | inside store entrance | |
| CB4 187 | St. Catherine's Square, opposite Daisy Close | 18:30 | 13:00 | 26/03/09 | ||
| CB4 188 | Hazelwood Close / Walnut Tree Way corner | 17:30 | 13:00 | 26/03/09 | outside shop, near Molewood Close | |
| CB4 189 | Logan's Way / St. Andrew's Road corner | 18:15 | 12:30 | 21/02/09 | ||
| CB4 190 | Woodhead Drive, near The Beeches | 17:30 | 12:30 | 02/04/09 | ||
| CB3 191 | Grantchester Street / Chedworth Street corner | 17:30 | 12:00 | 08/03/09 | near Newnham Post Office (Derby Street / Newnham Croft Street corner) | |
| CB1 192 | Grafton Post Office (Cobble Yard, Napier Street, off Newmarket Road) | 19:00 | 12:15 | 19/02/09 | ||
| CB2 193 | Waitrose supermarket forecourt (Trumpington) | 18:15 | 12:15 | 17/04/09 | ||
| CB3 194 | West Road, opposite the University Library drive | 17:30 | ----- | 08/03/09 | franked mail only; next to CB3 126 | |
| CB1 197 | Cambridge Sorting Office (Clifton Road) | 19:30 | 14:00 | 02/03/07 | postbox accessible only when the Sorting Office is open; otherwise use CB1 83 | |
| CB1 198 | Cambridge Delivery Office (Henley Road, off Coldham's Lane) | 17:45 | 12:45 | 26/02/09 | ||
| CB2 199 | Cambridge Post Office (main post office, St. Andrew's Street) | 17:15 | 12:45 | 19/02/09 | set into wall |
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